CALIBAN - ''Shadow Hearts'' CD
Genere: metalcore
Mark
: 7,8/10
Label: LifeForce Records
Year: 2003
Length: 11 tracks - 35:21 min
Link: Caliban
Mp3: ''Screams from the abyss''
Favourite Tracks: ''Bad dream'', ''Detect your liberty''

Nekaj časa sem verjel, da imajo tega benda že vsi dovolj, ampak Caliban, divjo kot so, se ne dejo, obratno, izdajo nov album in takoj se pokaže kakšno menenje gojijo tovrstni poslušalci do njih. Folk jasno še vedno nori za njimi in tudi bo, vsaj dokler bodo moshali tako peklensko kot so to počeli do sedaj. Mene so s svojim prejšnim albumom ''Vent'' tako razočarali, da sem jih izbrisal iz vseh seznamov in tako nove plate nisem niti čakal, niti imel kakeršnih koli pričakovanj. Naj povem, da je ''Shadow hearts'' vsekakor boljša od svoje predhodnice in se bi nekako lahko kosala s prvim velikim albumom ''A small Boy and a grey heaven'', ki je bil pravi bum, ko je prišel na tržišče. No, glasba je še vedno njihov značilen mosh metal, le da tokrat zvenijo malce bolj moderno in seveda boljše, kar pomeni več lepega petja, več poudarka na kompleksnosti igranja in pa huda zvočna kvaliteta, kajti tokrat so čas snemanja prebili v studiju Woodhouse, kjer snemajo velika metalska imena kot so Tiamat, The Gathering, The Kovenant in podobni. Komadi so pretežno hitri ter imajo navadno hude melodično-darkerske kitarske melodije, vokalist ima še vedno tisto značilno ''hellish'' kričanje, bobnar pa je tokrat totalen manjak za dvojno pedaliranje. Ja, glasba je močna in peklenska, tega ne morem zanikati, le včasih se mi zazdi, da so vsi komadi narejeni po istem kopitu in da fantje nekako ne morejo iz mreže, ki so jo pletli v času prejšnjih dveh plat. Na ovitku me privlačijo zlasti temačne rjavo-črne barve ni mi pa vseč podoba obraza (ali karkoli že ta grdobija je), ki se pojavlja skozi strani. Besedila so boleča, polna mučnih spominov in razočaranja ter obenem polna hrepenenja po svobodi in ljubezni. Če prelistam še enkrat skozi booklet se mi zdijo vsa precej podobna, čeprav niso slaba. Vsi tisti, ki ste mahnjeni na mosh boste uživali, tisti ki niste vam bo morda samo ok ali pa tudi ne. Meni se zdi ''Shadow hearts'' kar ok!

CALIBAN - ''Vent'' CD

MUSIC: LYRICS:
Another full length by these German mosh killers. Like usually the CD is equipped with a nice looking layout and well done booklet. Hey wait! Didn't I already saw this photo below the CD? So, how the ''Vent'' sounds like? There is not much difference between their previous full length ''A small boy and a grey heaven''. Still remain fast rhythms, slow double bass mosh parts, slayer riffs, good distorted screaming vocals and nice done emo parts. They actually add some new elements like drum'n'bass and female voice but this doesn't really make a difference here. My favourite songs here are ''Love taken away'' and ''Sycamore dreams''. Otherwise I like also female singing in ''about time and decisions'', which sound just perfect. So music is maybe nothing new but there is some progress in the lyrics part which are what else than personal. Sad texts about lost love affairs, happiness, loneliness, life, death, war…lots of pessimism present.
LIFEFORCE RECORDS, PO BOX 938, 09009 CHEMNITZ, GERMANY
xxximpressionxxx@bigfoot.de www.impressionrec.com www.calibanmetal.com

CALIBAN/ HEAVEN SHALL BURN - ''The split program'' split CD

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I'm sure that this is at the moment one of the most searching album in Europe and I think I don't have to explain why. In other words I'm talking about two bands that reached lots of hearts in a really short time. Even mine! CD starts with Caliban, which continue from where they stopped with their full length album "A small boy and a grey heaven". Music is still rushing, full of hits and mosh parts. There is not really any progress in their music, but lyrically they reach the next stage - they went into more emotional waters! The second band are Heaven shall burn which are total blast! These songs are even better than the songs on their full length album "Asunder''!! They totally blowed me off this time! Lyrics speaks about pollution of the environment, resistance against gods and masters and in the song "The seventh cross'' they associating on idea that we will be free only after our death. Pessimistic guys. Both bands also did a cover song of each other.
IMPRESSION MUSIC, PO BOX 938, 09009 CHEMNITZ, GERMANY xxximpressionxxx@bigfoot.de www.impressionrec.com

CALIBAN

Ne bom izgubljal časa z opisom, ker mislim, da je bend dovolj poznan... uglavnem, bend ima en kup oboževalcev, mene pa njihovi zadnji albumi niso preveč prepričali in niti ne njihov nastop... 17/08/2002 Belgija